Philip Alston on a World Court for Human Rights | 11/06/14
Philip Alston,
John Tessitore
"The reason why governments are violating human rights on a grand scale is not because there is an absence of a world court," says Philip Alston. "The reason is that human rights culture has not taken off sufficiently in a great many countries." Instead, what's needed is first to develop regional mechanisms and then subsequently, regional courts.
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Symposium at the Scottish Parliament: From War to a Global Ethic | 11/21/13
Joel H. Rosenthal,
Michael Ignatieff,
Adam Roberts,
David Rodin
Is it possible to create a global code of ethics? In this Carnegie Council Centennial Symposium at the Scottish Parliament, the panelists discuss Andrew Carnegie's legacy; what has changed since his time; and Carnegie Council's contribution to the vital task of moving toward a shared international understanding with which to face today's problems.
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The Unsung Hero Who Coined the Term "Genocide" | 09/21/13In this "The New Republic" piece, Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff recounts the life of Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term "genocide." A Jewish, Polish law scholar who immigrated to the United States in 1941, Lemkin made it his life's project to "save future generations from the genocidal furies that had claimed his own family."
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Thought Leader: Jay Winter | 03/13/13
Jay Winter,
Devin T. Stewart,
Anna Kiefer
"One of the things I've seen over my lifetime is a move away from war and from the place of the military in political life. This to me is astonishing and unpredictable."
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Losing the Violence Monopoly | 11/28/12
Steven Costello
The poisonous cocktail of widespread police and military brutality, increasingly lethal inter-communal ethnic violence in several regions, the anxious countdown to the March 2013 presidential elections, and uncertainty over the implementation of major constitutional reforms has transformed Kenya's security situation from precarious to explosive.
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